teshë
Albanian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Albanian *taksjā, from Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- (“to hew”) (compare Lithuanian tašaũ (“to hew”), Latin texō (“to weave”), Sanskrit तक्षति (takșati, “to carpenter, cut”)).[1] Cognate with tollë.
Noun
editteshë f (plural tesha, definite tesha, definite plural teshat)
- (chiefly in the plural) cloth, robe, clothes
- speck of dust, particle in the eye
- little splinter
- (regional) spindle whorl
Synonyms
edit- (spindle whorl): agërshak
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “teshë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 453